Below is the latest cloud cover forecast for your chosen observation location. The forecast shows the cloud coverage expected at various levels in the atmosphere as well as a risk of rain forecast to ensure you keep your equipment dry.

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Above is the latest astronomy weather forecast for this location. The data shown is :-

Time: This is the start of the forecast period up to the next oneTotal: This is the forecast of total cloud cover at all levels of the atmosphereLow: This is the forecast of low cloud cover (stratus) below 5,000ftMed: This is the forecast of middle cloud cover (alto) above 5,000ft and below 20,000ftHigh: This is the forecast of high cloud cover (cirrus) above 20,000ftTemp: This is the forecast dry bulb temperature at 2 metres above groundDew: This is the forecast wet bulb temperature (or dew point) at 2 metres above groundSurface: This is the forecast average windspeed at 10 metres above ground30,000ft: This is the forecast average windspeed at 30,000ft above groundSeeing : This calculation uses the total cloud cover along with turbulence in the atmosphere and low level wind speed to give an index from 0 to 10 where 0 is worst and 10 is best seeing conditions. (experimental)Transp.: This calculation uses the total amount of water in the atmosphere above your location. It shows the relative humidity in the column of air from 0 to 30,000ft and gives an index from 0 to 10 where 0 is worst and 10 is best seeing conditions.(experimental) Pickering: This calculation uses the amount of low and mid level turbulence above your location as well as calculating differences in wind speed and temperature at various levels in the atmosphere to show how much distortion the light rays will experience between 0 and 30,000ft and gives an index from 0 to 10 where 0 is worst and 10 is best seeing conditions.(experimental) RainRisk: This shows the chance of rainfall at your location.Weather: This is a combination of all elements displayed as a weather icon

You can see how it got pretty much the correct strength and wavelength of the ridge to the South of the UK and decent handling on the cold pooling to the North.
The GFS, for all its quirks, is a pretty impressive global model and whilst there are some scenarios it struggles with, the building of sub tropical ridges ain't one of them.
In contrast to this, we took a look at the FV3. This model is expected to supersede the GFS in August 2019, although this date still hasn't been confirmed. Here, again was the chart for today :-

Some big differences there. Note the low pressure across the Med and the lack of high pressure across the UK. It's been noted that the FV3 has a slight cold bias to forecasting, but this scenario really is pretty wide of the mark.
Obviously, NCEP have a far more advanced verification process than the one we use, but credit to the GFS for the impressive forecasting for today, but FV3? Back to school for a few more weeks.
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